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Right here’s what we’re watching in Washington:
Home Tax Invoice That Would Strip Well being Care and Meals Help from Tens of millions Now in Senate
Final week, the Home of Representatives narrowly handed laws that will lower over a trillion {dollars} from Medicaid, Medicare, the Reasonably priced Care Act, and SNAP meals help – funding that’s being redirected to pay for tax cuts for the wealthiest 10% of Individuals.
The invoice – often known as H.R. 1 or the so-called One Large Stunning Invoice Act – would lower well being care protection for practically 14 million low-income folks, together with older adults, caregivers, folks with disabilities, and their households. It immediately cuts Medicare eligibility, rolls again protection for monetary help that makes Medicare inexpensive for low-income enrollees, and locations Medicare’s future in danger.
The invoice additionally jeopardizes entry to high quality long-term care by weakening staffing requirements in nursing properties, decreasing eligibility for long-term care by capping the house fairness restrict, and limiting the retroactive Medicaid interval from three months to 1 month, leaving older adults inclined to medical debt and gaps in care.
Moreover, the invoice reduces federal funding to states, inserting Medicaid’s house and community-based companies (HCBS) within the crosshairs for cuts on the state degree. Moreover, the invoice locations the well being care of growing older adults ages 50-64, folks with disabilities, and their caregivers in danger by imposing value sharing and crimson tape, equivalent to work reporting necessities and extra frequent eligibility renewals, growing the probability of individuals shedding protection and entry to care. For a abstract of the well being care provisions within the invoice, learn KFF’s Well being Provisions within the 2025 Federal Funds Reconciliation Invoice.
With the invoice now within the Senate, signal on to this letter (open to organizations, not people) urging lawmakers to reject this invoice and stand towards these dangerous cuts to guard Medicaid for older adults and other people with disabilities. Keep knowledgeable and be taught extra about what’s at stake and what advocates can do by visiting Justice in Getting older’s Medicaid protection assets.
Essential Truthful Housing Funding at Danger
The Trump Administration has proposed eliminating the U.S. Division of Housing and City Improvement (HUD)’s honest housing grants for nonprofits combating housing discrimination.
In its Fiscal 12 months 2026 funds request for Congress, the Trump Administration seeks to zero out funding for HUD’s Truthful Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP). The FHIP program funds nonprofits to analyze housing discrimination; educate communities about honest housing rights; and supply recommendation or authorized illustration in honest housing circumstances.
Earlier this yr, the Administration additionally unlawfully canceled grants for practically 70 FHIP businesses, resulting in ongoing litigation. FHIP businesses play a significant position within the nation’s honest housing enforcement system, and greater than 75% of honest housing complaints are dealt with by FHIP organizations. Annually, the vast majority of honest housing complaints contain incapacity discrimination – a difficulty usually confronted by older adults.
Learn extra about honest housing points affecting older adults and other people with disabilities in our new useful resource, produced in partnership with The Kelsey and the Incapacity Rights Schooling and Protection Fund (DREDF). The article, which is a part of the Nationwide Low Earnings Housing Coalition’s 2025 Advocates’ Information, supplies an outline of key incapacity rights points in housing.
Advocates also can signal and share this Nationwide Truthful Housing Alliance petition urging Congress to completely fund HUD’s honest housing applications.
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